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Friday, June 28, 2013

Louisiana's largest ancestry groups


The French influence remains strong in Louisiana. French is the largest ancestry group, with 14% of residents marking it as their heritage in 2010. French Canadians were the 7th largest ancestry. Here is a list of the 50 largest ancestries in Louisiana:
Rank
Ancestry
Louisiana Estimated Population
Percentage of Total Population

Total:
4,544,228
100.0%
1
French (except Basque)
639,078
14.1%
2
American
432,948
9.5%
3
German
376,907
8.3%
4
Irish
342,504
7.5%
5
English
301,974
6.6%
6
Italian
216,086
4.8%
7
French Canadian
121,788
2.7%
8
Cajun
54,296
1.2%
9
Scottish
48,268
1.1%
10
Scotch-Irish
39,133
0.9%
11
African
26,193
0.6%
12
Dutch
25,113
0.6%
13
Polish
19,554
0.4%
14
European
19,278
0.4%
15
Swedish
12,317
0.3%
16
Norwegian
10,644
0.2%
17
Welsh
9,999
0.2%
18
British
9,041
0.2%
19
Russian
6,796
0.1%
20
Greek
6,125
0.1%
21
Canadian
6,078
0.1%
22
Lebanese
5,919
0.1%
23
Hungarian
4,740
0.1%
24
Czech
4,659
0.1%
25
Danish
4,545
0.1%
26
Belgian
3,953
0.1%
27
Portuguese
3,751
0.1%
28
Swiss
3,020
0.1%
29
Austrian
2,869
0.1%
30
Brazilian
2,843
0.1%
31
Jamaican
2,444
0.1%
32
Lithuanian
2,385
0.1%
33
Nigerian
2,256
0.0%
34
Croatian
2,251
0.0%
35
Ukrainian
2,169
0.0%
36
Scandinavian
2,121
0.0%
37
Yugoslavian
2,008
0.0%
38
Haitian
1,909
0.0%
39
Eastern European
1,782
0.0%
40
Iranian
1,764
0.0%
41
Other Arab
1,751
0.0%
42
Arab
1,729
0.0%
43
Finnish
1,721
0.0%
44
Romanian
1,705
0.0%
45
Slovak
1,277
0.0%
46
Czechoslovakian
1,247
0.0%
47
West Indian
1,053
0.0%
48
Turkish
980
0.0%
49
Northern European
943
0.0%
50
Jordanian
877
0.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates